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Autumn is here and Kiku returns to The New York Botanical Garden from October 18 through November 16. Time to perform your “civic duty” and vote…for your favorite kiku style.<\/p>\n
Is it the majestic dome-shaped array of the ozukuri<\/em> (“thousand bloom”)? Could it be the colorful kengai<\/em> (“cascade”) that resemble “waterfalls” of wild chrysanthemums? How about the towering ogiku<\/em> (“single stem”) arranged in symbolic rows representing the colors of the horse bridles of Japan’s Imperial family? Maybe it’s this year’s new display style, shino-tsukuri <\/em>(“driving rain”)?<\/p>\n Click the images on the poll to learn more about each variety and then choose your favorite. (P.S. You can vote as many times as you want. We won’t tell anyone!) Spread the word and get others to vote, too. Then, come visit Kiku: The Art of the Japanese Chrysanthemum<\/a> and see the impressive cultural exhibition and flower show first-hand.<\/p>\n The polling widget will live on the upper right corner of the blog until Election Week (the first week of November), when we will announce the results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [kml_flashembed movie=”https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/files\/kiku.swf” align =”right” height=”300″ width=”155″ \/] Autumn is here and Kiku returns to The New York Botanical Garden from October 18 through November 16. Time to perform your “civic duty” and vote…for your favorite kiku style. Is it the majestic dome-shaped array of the ozukuri (“thousand bloom”)? Could it be the colorful kengai (“cascade”)… <\/p>\n <\/p>\n